News and Events

An article in The Conversation by Sara Behdad, an
assistant professor with a joint appointment in industrial and
systems engineering and mechanical and aerospace engineering,
examines why when a computer or smartphone breaks it’s hard
to get it fixed and much more common to throw the device away,
generating between 20 million and 50 million metric tons of
electronic waste every year worldwide.

A story on WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., about how drones
do – and don’t – threaten small, low-flying
passenger aircraft after quadcopters crashed into a helicopter and
airplane interviews Javid Bayandor, founder and director of
UB’s Crashworthiness for Aerospace Structures and Hybrids
(CRASH) Lab.

An article in Scientific American about how drones do
– and don’t – threaten small, low-flying
passenger aircraft after quadcopters crashed into a helicopter and
airplane interviews Javid Bayandor, founder and director of
UB’s Crashworthiness for Aerospace Structures and Hybrids
(CRASH) Lab.

Fourteen faculty from the School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences are among those who were honored for notable achievement,
service and teaching at UB's 2017 Celebration of Faculty and Staff
Academic Excellence.

An article in Quality Digest by Kemper Lewis, professor
and chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering, looks at the
future of manufacturing and why focusing on what the U.S. made
yesterday will only go so far in saving American manufacturing
today.